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Intricately carved stones that fell down drain at ancient pool uncovered by archaeologists in CarlisleTaking your valuables with you into a swimming pool is always a risk. The Romans should have paid better heed, judging from the quantity of gemstones …
Work depicting mythological hero and apparently dating back to Roman imperial period found near Appian WayAn ancient Roman statue of Hercules has been discovered during repairs to the sewerage system underneath a park in Rome.The statue, which apparent…
Klein Hollandia discovery ‘opens up fascinating chapter in rich, shared maritime history between UK and Netherlands’A remarkably preserved shipwreck known only as the “unknown wreck off Eastbourne” has finally been identified as the 17th-century Dutch …
Case of soldier charged with being ‘disorderly in female attire’ among stories told in Queer Lives tourIn June 1916, a 22-year-old soldier from the Royal Fusiliers appeared at Highbury magistrates court charged with desertion and with “being an idle an…
Journalist and activist Claudia Jones among five women whose life and legacy will be marked by English HeritageThe woman described as the “founding spirit” of the Notting Hill carnival is to be commemorated with a blue plaque at her former London home …
National Highways faces third intervention by a local authority over infilling, after burying Congham bridge in Norfolk in tonnes of concreteA controversial practice by the government’s roads agency of burying historic railway bridges in concrete has b…
A plan from Czech railways to replace the emblematic landmark with a modern structure is facing an impassioned backlashA historic Prague railway bridge, whose importance to the city’s landscape has been compared to the Eiffel tower in Paris, has been e…
Sculptor Michael Rakowitz says he will give his fourth-plinth bull to Tate Modern if Iraq can share custodyThe Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz has proposed in a letter to the British Museum that it return one of its ancient Assyrian treasures to…
Oak and beech 15th-century vessel is being returned to Welsh city where it was found in riverside mud in 2002The final pieces of what has been compared to a huge, heavy – but also very delicate – 3D medieval puzzle are being returned to the Welsh city…
Show at Queen’s Gallery provides picture of style in the royal courts along with changing trends in societyThe wide, hooped gowns worn by women in the 18th-century court of Queen Charlotte were not just the style of the time, but a regal requirement.Bu…